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Issue #442 - Sunday, October 4, 2020
Dear Fellow Grower,
In today's issue...
- There have been quite a few growers who've experienced electrical accidents in their grow room that destroyed equipment. Then there are the unlucky growers who've lost their homes to fire. Practice proper fire safety in the grow room and don't become another story for the news!
- After watching dozens of videos of houses burning down and reading stories of it almost happening to astute growers, we are now officially paranoid. Below, we'll show you how to be well-prepared and fire-proof like our grows!
- Have you ever wanted to try the "Scrog" technique but it seemed like too much work? Today I'll teach you a "cheat" to achieve essentially the same result as a Scrog with less time and effort!
- What's that in the distance? Oh, no. It's...it's...the return of the chunky buds! The bud was chunky last week, and this week they're equally robust. Warning: These trophy pics have been known to cause green envy.
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com)
"Remember...only YOU can prevent forest fires."
~Smokey (the) Bear
Fire Protection: Only You Can Prevent Grow Room Fires! 🔥👎🔥
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We’ve all seen it way too many times by now: a news story where some “careless pot farmer” accidentally burns their own house down. In a few cases, they accidentally burn down someone else’s house, too.
Some of these cases really are people who’ve turned a rented house into a cannabis grow operation. But some cases, like this one, are especially sad because when you look at pictures of the plants it’s obvious the grower was growing for personal use. Not only did they lose their home, their weed, and all their growing equipment, but they likely lost their freedom, too.
A beautiful home in San Diego up in smoke. FYI: Median house prices in San Diego are over $480,000 😥
Image credit: Fox5 San Diego
What makes this all especially painful is that many of these fire-related accidents can be prevented for cheap and with very little work.
Today, we’re quickly going to teach you how to make it so your grow room is the most fire-safe room in the house. Follow these instructions and not only will you prevent fires, but you’ll prevent yourself from accidentally showing up on the evening news.
Note: Some fires aren’t caused by grower negligence at all, but rather by faulty equipment. Every grower should observe good fire safety protocols because sometimes, even a fan can start a house fire. Thanks to grower “Toff” for pointing out this Reddit post which was the inspiration for this article. Shout out to r/microgrowery! 🌲🌳🌴
Preventing Fires
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. At this point, you’ve probably heard the phrase so much that it seems cliché. However, it’s as true today as it is when you first heard it. If you take steps to prevent fires in the first place, there’s a good chance you’ll never need the second half of this article. I hope you never need to fight a fire in your lifetime and this next section will help make that a reality.
General Tips:
- Keep a tidy grow room – Not everything in your grow room can start a fire and some things won’t ignite even when they touch fire. But certain things (like dry leaves, a towel with lots of lint, or Styrofoam from a newly opened product) just need a small flame to ruin your year.
- Keep plugs, ballasts, and other electronics away from water – this goes for everyone since we all have to water our plants, but it’s especially important for hydro growers.
- When possible, keep plugs, ballasts, and other electronics off the ground – This greatly reduces the chances of them coming into contact with water.
- Don’t overload your circuits – Each plug in your house is on a “circuit” and that circuit can only handle a certain amount of electricity. To find your limit, go to your power box (aka breaker box) which is where you can shut down all your lights. Find the breaker that corresponds to your grow room and note the number of amps. Stay below these wattages:
- Get a GFCI outlet or power strip - GFCIs automatically stop the flow of electricity once it senses that there’s “current leakage”. Current leakage means electricity is going somewhere it’s not supposed to which usually equates to a person being electrocuted, a pool of water being electrified, or a fire being started. You can install an outlet with built-in GFCI capability, or you can get power
strips with built-in GFCIs (so there’s no need to change out your outlets). If you decide to go with a GFCI power strip, make sure to get one with decent amperage (15+ amps) like the one in the picture below; a low-amperage power strip can’t handle grow lights and other devices at the same time.
Now that you understand basic fire prevention, let's talk about fire-proofing your grow room.
It would be great if we could prevent 100% of fires, but some may occur no matter how careful you are as a grower. Life happens. Even good devices from reputable companies can fail and leave you to deal with the aftermath. In those cases, it’s best to be ready.
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Easy Cannabis Training: How to “Scrog” without a Net!
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by Nebula Haze
Growers often ask me for examples of training a cannabis plant for better indoor yields. A plant that’s trained to grow wide and flat in the vegetative stage will produce more buds indoors than a natural-grown plant. Especially with smaller grow lights or a short setup.
One popular way to create a flat cannabis canopy is a ScrOG which stands for “Screen of Green”. Basically, it means training plants to grow flat along a screen or net.
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Many growers use a ScrOG (screen of green) technique to grow flat plants. Plants are trained along a screen or net in the vegetative stage.
This flat plant shape maximizes yields under indoor grow lights by filling the entire grow space with buds, but is there an easier way to achieve the same result?
Although the result is excellent yields, “scrogging” takes a bit of work. In addition to having to make (or buy) the screen and set it up in the grow space, the process of threading plants through the net can be time-consuming. On top of that, once the training
process begins, plants can’t be moved independently. With their stems woven through the netting, plants are basically “stuck” on the screen until harvest. This can make it difficult to water plants and/or access the middle.
Today I’ll share an alternative method to achieve similar results. This method of training plants to grow flat gives the same general outcome with less work and allowing you to still move and access the plant as needed. Here goes!
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No joke, you could play a game of wiffle ball with that cola! 😲 ~Sirius
"Got a little greenhouse grow going this 2020 season. 5 strains, Mojave Green, From seed, Sour D clones, Gorilla glue clones, 2 seeds from a plant I grew in Morgan hill 2017 (caught random wind blown pollen). I kept 1 female, and 2 male Mojave green plants. I isolated the males early and
flowered them, collected the pollen and used it to X 9/8. The other plants from seed came from the same mother but are clearly very different. One appears to me to be pure Sativa, the other Indica leaning hybrid"
~Tommy Greenhouse
(Dramatic pause..................nod of approval) 👍 ~Sirius
"In the hills of New York..harvest begins..this is just ONE plant/ONE branch!"
~Mr. K
Holy Moly! Whenever Mr.K sends in pictures, you know it's gonna be good! ~Sirius
"Wedding cake started indoors for 3 months and Mother Nature did the rest. Did regular feedings of ph’d nutrient water."
~Daniel
Jeez, well done! That's a majestic specimen of a cannabis plant that lives in a cornfield. I'm positive it's guarded by a bald eagle. ~Sirius
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"Growing cannabis can be a relaxing hobby in and of itself, but it also saves you money and keeps you from having to deal with shady characters. Cannabis is much easier to grow than people give it credit for, and growing in water doesn't increase the difficulty much, if any. But whether you want to grow in water, coco, or a different medium, we'll show you how easy it can be!"
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